A Time for Everything

My cousin who is an assistant professor in MIS at Southeastern Louisiana University is so intelligent that if he ever decides to become a priest, I’ll be in church every Sunday to hear him preach. In our family gathering, he shared with me the following passage from Ecclesiastes hoping one day I could discover the wisdom from the Bible through Jesus.

1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.